goal Copy link Outline 1. mēta (the turning post in a Roman circus2. calx, cis, f. (a chalk line marking the limits of the race)3. crēta (= calx) • goal: 1. mēta (the turning post in a Roman circus: v. Dict. Ant. s. v.): to go close to the g. with the near wheel, stringere m. interiore rota, Ov.: cf. Hor. Od. 1, 1, init.: to reach the g., m. contingere, Hor. Fig.. the g. of death, m. mortis, Virg.: Ov. 2. calx, cis, f. (a chalk line marking the limits of the race): Esp. in fig. sense: to reach the g., ad c. pervenire, Cic. Am. 27, 101; decurrere, id. Tusc. 1, 8, 15: now I am in sight of the g., nunc video c., Cic. Tusc. l. c. 3. crēta (= calx): to finish the lawful course and reach the g., peracto legitimo cursu ad c. stare, Plin. 8, 42, 65.